Friday - Pentecost 14 - Proper 18

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Highlights & Mini-Bible Study

Book of Common Prayer | Daily Office Readings

Days of Pentecost

We give you thanks, O God, we give you thanks, calling upon your Name and declaring all your wonderful deeds. Psalm 75:1 | Enriching Our Worship 1, p.19

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Readings

Today | Friday | 15 September 2017 |

Ps. 40, 54; Ps. 51; 1 Kings 18:20–40; Phil. 3:1–16; Matt. 3:1–12

Psalm 40 | Background

I waited for the Lord and God lifted me up;

Many will trust in the Lord;

Great things you have done - there are more than I can count.

I love to do your will.

Deliver me...

Philippians 3 | Background

Rejoice in the Lord! Watch out for the dogs!  I have the credentials in the faith but I consider them all as loss; I want to become like Jesus; I have not yet reached the goal; Let us hold fast to what we have attained in Jesus.

Matthew 3 | Background

John the Baptist began to preach in the wilderness; he wore strange clothes and eat strange things; Bear fruit that is worthy of repentance; I baptise with water - he that is coming will baptise with the Holy Spirit

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Prayers and Intercessions | Mission St Clare | Book of Common Prayer
Today | Pentecost 14 | Proper 18

Collect for the Day

Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

For Mission

Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for the honor of your Name. Amen.

The Birth of John the Baptist

Almighty God, by whose providence your servant John the Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of your Son our Savior by preaching repentance: Make us so to follow his teaching and holy life, that we may truly repent according to his preaching; and, following his example, constantly speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently suffer for the truth's sake; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

For the Conservation of Natural Resources

Almighty God, in giving us

dominion over things on earth,

you made us fellow workers in your creation:

Give us wisdom and reverence

so to use the resources of nature,

that no one may suffer from our abuse of them,

and that generations yet to come

may continue to praise you for your bounty;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.